Re: Headless System via serial port?

2003-12-16 Thread Ceri Davies
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 12:00:14AM -0600, Minnesota Slinky wrote: Is that all you did to get it working? It goes through the boot process just fine over the terminal, but kernel hands the login back over to vidconsole again right away. I even tried changing the -P to a -Dh, still nothing.

RE: Headless System via serial port?

2003-12-16 Thread Minnesota Slinky
] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:44 AM To: Minnesota Slinky Cc: 'Bill Schoolcraft'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Headless System via serial port? On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 12:00:14AM -0600, Minnesota Slinky wrote: Is that all you did to get it working? It goes through the boot process just

Re: Headless System via serial port?

2003-12-16 Thread Vivek Khera
MS == Minnesota Slinky [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: MS terminal. Everything loaded fine, until the login prompt. Last thing I MS saw was the current time and date on hyperterm. On the monitor was the MS login screen. I couldn't even log in via ssh. If I boot with a MS keyboard/mouse, I get a

RE: Headless System via serial port?

2003-12-15 Thread Minnesota Slinky
Hello all. Perhaps there are some differences in the 5.x series for serial port options that I'm not aware of. I plugged in a null-modem cable, and opened HyperTerminal on my laptop. I added a boot.config file in my root directory on the freebsd system with the one line: -P Great news. I

RE: Headless System via serial port?

2003-12-15 Thread Bill Schoolcraft
At Mon, 15 Dec 2003 it looks like Minnesota Slinky composed: Hello all. Perhaps there are some differences in the 5.x series for serial port options that I'm not aware of. I plugged in a null-modem cable, and opened HyperTerminal on my laptop. I added a boot.config file in my root

RE: Headless System via serial port?

2003-12-15 Thread Minnesota Slinky
To: Minnesota Slinky Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Headless System via serial port? At Mon, 15 Dec 2003 it looks like Minnesota Slinky composed: Hello all. Perhaps there are some differences in the 5.x series for serial port options that I'm not aware of. I plugged in a null-modem cable